136 TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTI

janah sukrtino ’rjuna). Therefore those who begin in this way will one day
become pure Vaisnavas. But the atheistic propaganda that one should not
go to achurch, temple, or mosque is very dangerous to human society.

One may not be very advanced, but one should try at least to do some-
thing to understand God. A child is sent to school, and although he may
simply learn ABCD, if he is interested he may one day become a very
good scholar. Similarly, one day a pious man may become a pure devo-
tee. Why should one give up religion altogether, become completely
secular, and simply open a factory in which to manufacture nuts and bolts
and work very hard and drink, and eat meat? What kind of civilization is
this? It is because of this so-called civilization that people are suffering.

It is by ignorance that people think that by opening factories they will
be happy. Why should they open factories? There is no need. There is so
much land, and one can produce one’s own food grains and eat
sumptuously without any factory. Milk is also available without a factory.
The factory cannot produce milk or grains. The present scarcity of food in
the world is largely due to such factories. When everyone is working in
the city to produce nuts and bolts, who will produce food grains? Simple
living and high thinking is the solution to economic problems. Therefore
the Krsna consciousness movement in engaging devotees in producing
their own food and living self-sufficiently so that rascals may see how one
can live very peacefully, eat the food grains one has grown oneself, drink
milk, and chant Hare Krsna.

The process of Krsna consciousness should be very vigorously propa-
gated all over the world. Simply by seeing the Deity or simply by joining
in chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra, people will derive tremendous
benefit. If one performs kirtana, chanting, one will be able to think of
Krsna. One may think, ‘‘I danced for two hours and chanted Hare Krsna.
What is the meaning of this?”’ This is smarana, thinking of Krsna. One
may even think, ‘‘I foolishly chanted ‘Krsna, Krsna’ for two hours.”’ But
that also is smarana. Because the Krsna consciousness movement is
spreading, people are purchasing our books about Krsna. Because they
are curious they say, ‘‘What is this Krsna? Let us see the book.’ Then
they immediately see a picture of Radha and Krsna, and if they open the
book they will see more. In the book there are many prayers glorifying
Krsna. So some will hear about Krsna, and others will read, and if they
are fortunate enough they will become Krsna conscious and engage in
the worship of the Deity. These methods of devotional service—hearing,
chanting, remembering Krsna, and so on—are so perfect that as soon as
one takes to them (either all of them, some of them, or even one of
